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CathMomof7:

In "The Passion of Joan of Arc" - IMDB describes a scene of breast feeding and some other undefined nudity.  Would you mind elborating of the context of these scenes and for how long they are shown?  Thank you.  

The breast feeding scene occurs at the end of the film when St. Joan is burning at the stake.  There is a woman with an infant at her breast.  The screen pans to her, so the viewer gets a good look of a woman breast feeding.  She is not naked, but her blouse is open with her baby suckling.  This lasts only a few seconds, really.  

My children were not scandalized because it looks exactly as I look when I am nursing my own babies.  In fact, they didn't even comment about it.  My husband noted that you wouldn't see that in a movie today, because people are so offended by women nursing.

I suppose though, if your babies only see a mother nursing with a blanket over the baby's  face covering herself, then they might be scandalized.

As for the undefined nudity, I am not sure what this means.  It might have shown some leg flesh or naked back flesh, but I just don't remember.  There certainly were no naked behinds or bodies or anything like that.

The movie was excellent.  And I think the viewer gets a fairly good understanding of the suffering of St. Joan at the hands of the very people she sought to save.  The actress is really good because she is built rather muscularly and boyish, probably a lot like the real St. Joan.  She also has the wide eyed stares of those in fear and ecstasy.  

It's a amazing film and I wouldn't be alarmed by a scene of a woman with a baby at the breast.  It was probably like that in real life anyway.

Quote from: brainglitch

"Joan of Arc" made in the 50s with Ingrid Bergman, is a far superior alternative. Try to get the black and white-the colorized version looks terrible.

I thought this version was horrible.  There was never a scene where St. Joan was actually in battle.  Also whenever she was in ecstasy, Ingrid Bergman made her seem like she was a Pentecostal waving her hands.  I thought this version was really silly.  Our children liked it though, and it did give them a broader picture of who St. Joan was.

Just my opinion, but the 1928 silent film is much better.

I think you may be mistaken, because in the version with Ingrid Bergman it does indeed show her in battle (twice) at the Siege of Orleans.

And I certainly don't remember her once waiving her arms about like a lunatic while praying. I thought she prayed rather reverently.

I found this particular version (1948?) edifying.

As good as I've heard it is, I've never seen the 1928 film.

I liked "the fighting sullivans too."  Boys town movies are good too.  My favorites are, aside from mel gibson's the passion, the robe and the trilogy.  I think there's demetrius and the gladiator and quo vadis, to complete the three.  They say the book for the robe is better than the movie, but I haven't read that yet.  

For comedy I love "androcles and the lion."

And don't forget, "The Miracle of Marcelino"  that's a good one!